HV - Mechanical Engineer (Finance)

Hunt Valve Company has been manufacturing shipboard valves for naval customers for decades. The Engineering Department is responsible for valve design, production engineering, and project management activities. Engineering provides support to other departments including Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality. Candidates will possess a moderate degree of business awareness along with a passion for the engineering discipline. We offer a unique working environment that allows a hands-on engineering professional to develop and grow their technical skills and business acumen and support critical naval defense activities for domestic shipyards as well as international allies.

Essential Job Functions:

• This position requires the ability to understand the technical requirements of our Naval customers and to implement engineering solutions to meet these demands.
• Reviews and executes product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements.
• Coordinates activities with in-house manufacturing shop personnel and our outside vendor base concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Qualify new vendors and establish sound working relationships.
• Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications and drawing releases.
• Develop working knowledge of Hunt Valve Company products and industry requirements. This will include mechanical drafting work and an "apprentice" program in the manufacturing shop environment.

Skills:

• Ability to communicate clearly to peers, management, customers, and vendors. Robust written and verbal communication capabilities are both a must.
• Proficiency in 3D modeling software such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD
• Familiarity with ANSI drawing standards and geometric tolerancing
• Applied attention to detail in order to review work of peers such as checking drawings, customer contract reviews, technical proposals, etc.
• Ability to self-manage work in an environment of numerous competing tasks, including wherewithal to ask for help when needed.
• Familiarity with non-destructive testing (NDT) and other manufacturing and inspection aspects are preferred.

Essential Job Requirements:

EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or related Engineering field from an accredited institution

EXPERIENCE: 1-5 Years (5+ preferred) in a Manufacturing/Engineering Environment.

Hunt Valve offers competitive health, dental, and vision programs, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, as well as educational reimbursement. In addition to industrial capabilities, Hunt Valve is a United States of America government contractor and therefore the successful candidate must pass a hair follicle drug test and background check.

Hunt Valve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Note: This position requires access or potential access to Unclassified Navel Nuclear Propulsion Information, which is Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) data. Therefore, to meet NOFORN requirement, you will have to provide proof of US Citizenship and attest that you do not have dual citizenship. Acceptable proof of US Citizenship is a US Passport, US Birth Certificate or Naturalization Certificate.

This specification is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. Ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Fairbanks Morse Defense .